Health, Safety And Business Consequences Of Sleep Loss

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Have you felt yourself getting even more tired during the progression of a multi-leg trip? This is called “sleep debt”—and it is very real.

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Many years ago, members of our industry recognized that pilots suffering from alcoholism needed help. Leaders from the Airline Pilots Association, FAA and airline managers formed a cooperative tripartite system designed to identify, intervene, treat and obtain the medical clearance for pilots to...
Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.

Upon his retirement as a non-routine flight operations captain from a fractional operator in 2015, Dr. Veillette had accumulated more than 20,000 hours of flight experience in 240 types of aircraft—including balloons, rotorcraft, sea planes, gliders, war birds, supersonic jets and large commercial transports. He is an adjunct professor at Utah Valley University.

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